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Ricky the rooster listed http://www.michiganhumane.org/adoption/adopt-pet.html?petid=32625582

I am thinking that the bird who layed this egg stopped laying for a while now and is laying again. She is a red hen mind you, but egg looks pale in color. It is quite large with a obviously weak shell. Any thoughts on this strange looking egg would be welcome.

We have a bird who is at least a year and a half to almost two years old, and she no longer lays eggs for 4-5 months. I was wondering if she could have a parasite that did this or some disease that caused this problem? She still eats and pecks around. Appears to be happy doing her little thing...

I had to have a favorite bird, Sweet Pea, euthanized today. She was our lone survivor of several attacks on our original flock, and quite the little character. It was so sad. We miss her cute little presence and her sweet little sounds. She had a distended belly and was not eating for the past...

We have three hens, with one from our original flock, and three that we purchased as companions for her so she would not be lonely. Our original flock was raised by us, and very friendly. After three animal attacks, only one bird was left from that flock, and she acted differently as a...

I just wanted to share with by BYC buddies, that reading the comments here just brightens my day. I have met and continue to meet some really wonderful people here--who share the same love--chickens and other poultry/birds! Thank you for being there and adding to somebody's day!!

We lost 7 of our 8 chickens and had a lone hen left. She was alone for two weeks and the we were able to get pullets old enough as companions for her. She is 2 years old, and they are about 6 or 7 months old. We got three of them she attacks them whenever there are treats given. How can we get...

We lost 7 of 8 birds this spring to coyotes. Since we had one bird Sweet Pea left to herself, we decided to get three pullets for companions for her. We went to get the birds, and noticed that one didn't want to go with us, as she kept popping her head out of the box and making little growls...

Alice Walker wrote a book about her life with chickens called "The Chicken Chronicles" Here is something from her website blog http://alicewalkersgarden.com/2011/03/coming-soon-the-chicken-chronicles/ Anyone hear about it? I read about it in the British chicken magazine, but have not seen it yet.

A question that is burning for me, and I am hoping somebody else has inquired about this as well. For our next flock, we want the lowest lead possible in our eggs. We found the soil and water were very low, and we have no paint chips. We had our eggs checked, and they had a high lead content...

We had an attack on our birds this past Saturday, and thought that only one bird survived out of 8. Today, we were taking a walk to look for predator tracks on the land, and low and behold, I found one of our babies hiding under a shed, limping. We had a snowstorm this past week, and a cold...

I am looking into finding a Timneh African Grey. I live in MI. If anyone has heard of any reputable breeders in MI, please drop a line. I have scouting out with Google, but have not found what I am looking for. In the meantime, we will continue to enjoy our lovely little hens!

I am looking to buy a few birds to go with my solitary bird, as she is the lone survivor of an animal attack. I would like her to have companion birds so she would not be so alone. I am in northern MI in the Traverse City/Interlochen area.

We lost 7 birds at one time. The only thing left was feathers, and one wing of one of the birds. We saw large canine tracks on the ground. Could it be one big dog or a pack? Or a coyote? Can a dog eat 7 birds at one time--bones and all?

This past weekend, we lost 7 of our 8 sweet birds to some animal with large paw prints, that looked canine when I compared them to those on the Internet. It was during the day when it happened. My fiance' was home cleaning, and didn't hear anything until he went to the coop to put the girls...

We had one of our beloved little birds killed by a raccoon last night. We thought they were secure in their coop with the pen we had built, but apparently it was not enough. I cleaned out the remains of the bird and the poop left behind from the raccoon that was left on the ground. Today, the...

I have a chicken that I posted about not too long ago--almost two weeks I believe ( as having white poop coming out of her back end. I thought she had a prolapse. We separated her as the other birds would attack her bloodied white poopy drainage and perhaps the red that they saw.. She appeared...

As I could not find any thread addressing this topic: We have a chicken who was the friendliest bird (it appeared that way to us) who would always come up when we come and bring any treats or food. She would be the fastest one to get them, but later appeared to get a lower rank in the pecking...